She still felt like she was standing in front of him when he said that as she watched the movers put all of her boxes in the rental truck. So far Marik hadn't tried to contact her and she was relieved. If he knew she was doing this…she shuddered at the thought of it. He probably would've raped her, beaten her; he wouldn't kill her. She knew he'd rather keep her alive just to punish her repeatedly. 'Then he would go after Seto and Mokuba…and Malik and Isis if he finds out what they're doing.' She thought. 'Is this really the right thing for me to do? Sure I'll be safer at the mansion but what about the times I'm not?' She thought worriedly. Mokuba came running in then and she snapped her attention to him.
"Is that everything?" He asked.
She nodded.
"Yay!" He exclaimed, jumping up and down. He grabbed her hand and pulled her from the house, shutting the door behind them.
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Anzu went to school the next day via sidewalk. She told Kaiba she didn't want to ride in the car because that would lead to her telling her friends she was living with him which then would lead to the whole Marik issue and they didn't need to know that yet. She wasn't even sure if she would tell them about it. She was so deep in thought as she walked up the stairs that she didn't notice the person in front of her until she bumped into them.
"Watch where you're going Mazaki." A familiar voice snapped.
She knew right then who it was; he was the only one who still called her by her last name.'
"Yeah, yeah." She replied as she passed him.
Bakura blinked in surprise. 'No witty remark? No snappy comeback?' He thought. He ran up the stairs to catch up to her.
"Are you ill?" He asked.
'Just in the morning.' She thought bitterly. "No why?" She replied.
"Because you had no snappy comeback for once. Have you finally realized I'm better than you?" He asked jokingly.
She whirled around to face him, slapping him across the mouth.
"If you say another sexist comment to me, I'll beat your ass." She warned then spun back on her heel and left the hall to her class.
Bakura walked in after her as it was his class too. Yugi and Joey both noticed Anzu's pissed expression and the red mark on Bakura's cheek.
"He must've said something really bad to piss her off that much." Joey muttered Yugi, who nodded in response.
Bakura on the other hand was wondering what was wrong with her. He had said stuff like that to her before and she usually just rattled off a comment of her own but never before had she hit him.
'Now that I think about it she has been acting strange lately.' He thought. 'What could be causing her to do this?'
He couldn't figure out what it was. Ever since he and Ryou were separated, she was there. When Ryou left to go back to England, he felt alone. Really felt alone for the first time in a long time. During that time he became seriously depressed and she was the only one who noticed it. He came so close to killing himself before she opened his eyes. Ever since then he became protective of her, beating the shit out of whatever guy who tried to hurt her. He even became friends with Joey and Yugi, finding out he had more in common with Joey than he thought. They were both very protective of her (almost like older brothers), they loved playing practical jokes on people (mainly the faculty and staff) and they had a huge obsession with video games. She saved his life and he would always be grateful for that. That was why he was determined to find out what was going on.
-Lunch-
"Are you ok Anzu? You look upset." Yugi asked.
"Yeah I'm fine I'm just thinking." She replied.
"About what?" He asked.
'How I'm gonna tell all of you that I'm pregnant, living with Kaiba, and oh…did I mention Marik is the father!' came her mental response.
"Nothing really. Just all of what I'm doing in my classes, making sure I'm not missing anything and then my ballet class." She replied.
Yugi nodded but didn't say anything else. She sighed deeply, contemplating on how she was gonna bring this up then the bell rang.
"I have to tell you guys something but not here. Meet me after school and we'll go somewhere so we can go talk." She said then hurriedly turned around and left without waiting to hear their reply.
She was glad that none of her friends were in her remaining classes. She was also glad, for once, that Kaiba was in her next class because she needed to talk to him. Coincidentally she sat beside him so that made it easier. When she entered class he was already there, reading at his desk. She sat in her seat and turned to face him.
"Seto?" She called.
Her anger spiked a bit when he didn't acknowledge her and she glared at him as if trying to will him to look at her.
"If you are deliberately ignoring me I don't want to hear it later if someone should drop by the house without your consent." She said.
He sighed, dropping the corner of his book to his desk as he turned to look at her. "What?" He asked.
"I'm going to tell my friends about what's going on and I was going to have them come to the house…if that's all right with you?" She began.
He sighed again as he raised his book again to continue reading. He didn't answer her for a moment and it really irritated her but she remained patient.
"Keep the mutt out of my kitchen and make sure the thief doesn't take anything." He said.
"Ok I will thanks." She said.
"I will have you and Mokuba dropped off at the house after school in the limo. I have to go to the office for a coupe hours so I will be going in a separate car." He added.
"Ok." She replied.
Then the tardy bell rang and the teacher began class.
-After school-
Anzu leaned nervously against the gates at the front of the school as she waited for her friends. They came walking up after a few minutes and as soon as they did, a limo pulled up behind Anzu. She motioned for them to get in with her. Anzu told the driver to go once the door shut. The car sped off, smashing Joey and Bakura into the side.
"Get off me you mutt!" He exclaimed as he shoved him off.
Yugi looked to Anzu, who was sitting by the door looking out the window. Something was seriously bothering her; he could see it by the way she was acting all day. But he didn't ask her anything because he wanted to wait until she was ready to talk and it seemed now she was. They all frowned in confusion when they stopped at the middle school a few blocks away. Anzu got out, not saying a word and shut the door. The door opened again a few minutes later and Mokuba came jumping in.
"Why are you guys here?" He asked.
They all shrugged. Anzu got back in the limo and the car began moving once she shut the door.
"Anzu why are they here?" He asked.
"Remember what I told you that I wanted to tell them?" She asked.
"About your p-" Anzu clapped her hand over his mouth.
"Yes that." She said.
"Oh ok." He replied and said no more on the subject.
"So how was your day at school?" She asked, changing the topic.
"It was okay. A couple of my friends weren't here today so it was kind of boring." He answered.
"That's it? Usually you're rattling my ear off." Anzu said.
Mokuba half-glared at her.
"I'm sorry honey; I'm just not used to you being so quiet. Stop glaring at me, you look like your brother." She said.
He stopped and crossed his arms over his chest in irritation.
"I just don't have anything to talk about right now…it kinda sucks." He said. Anzu giggled slightly.
Mokuba then frowned, now noticing someone was missing.
"Where's Seto?" He asked.
"He said he had to go to the office for a couple hours; he'll be home later." She replied.
"Ok." Mokuba said.
Then he stretched out a bit on the seat, laying his head in her lap and closed his eyes to go to sleep. She put her hand on his head, running it through his hair. The others looked on in shock with the same thing running through their mind.
'What was going on? What was she not telling them?'
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Koki: I want to thank you for the reviews.
To CAT, DIS, TennyoAkana, LadieAnimeFreak: I laughed my ass off reading your reviews, especially CAT's and LadieAnimeFreak's, it was funny as hell. I'm glad you like it that much. Hey DIS maybe you could get a story out of that or something lol.
To Nightfall2525: I thought what you had said was cute.
To DangerousandDemonicDevil: No...I have other plans for this guy.
To Tefa, Gauri, and Princess of Thieves: Thank you very much.